Pac-12 Tournament Roundup: Stanford Wins at the Buzzer; Washington, Oregon, WSU Advance

James Keefe made an 9-foot shot at the buzzer to cap off a remarkable Stanford comeback from a 14-point deficit with three minutes left to give the Cardinal a 71-70 victory over Arizona State in a first-round Pac-12 tournament game in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Eighth-seeded Arizona State (14-17) was the hottest team in the conference, having won the final four games of the regular season, including Saturday's 65-56 ASU win over Stanford, which lost its final five games of the regular season.

The Sun Devils tied a Pac-12 tournament record with 15 three-pointers on Wednesday, and they held a 17-point lead with 13:35 left in the second half. ASU still held a 14-point lead at the 3:01 mark before Stanford (16-15) went on a 16-1 run to close the game.

Spencer Jones scored 26 points and made 6-of-12 three-point shots. His final three-pointer came with 37.8 seconds left and reduced the Stanford deficit to one point. After ASU's Jalen Graham missed a shot with nine seconds left, Stanford hurried the ball upcourt. The ball came loose in the lane, Keefe picked it up and put up a shot just before the buzzer sounded. The ball hit the backboard, hit the front rim, hit the backboard again and dropped through.

Keefe's father, former Stanford star Adam Keefe, was in the crowd at T-Mobile Arena to see it. James Keefe finished with 16 points.

Arizona State had dominated the game for the first 37 minutes, primarily from the perimeter as 39 of the Sun Devils' first 53 points came by way of three-point shots.

DJ Horne scored 21 points and hit five three-pointers, while Jay Heath was 4-for-5 from long range and Marreon Jackson was 3-for-6 from deep.

Thursday matchup: No. 9 seed Stanford vs. No. 1 seed Arizona, noon.

Arizona won both regular-season games against Stanford -- 85-57 on Jan. 20 at Stanford and 81-69 on March 3 in Tucson.

Oregon 86, Oregon State 72

Fifth-seeded Oregon played without its best player, Will Richardson (non-COVID-related illness), but Jacob Young took over the play-making duties and finished with 23 points, 11 assists, six rebounds and three steals.

N'Faly Dante added 15 points on 7-for-8 shooting and five blocks for the Ducks.

The erratic Ducks (19-13) lost their final three regular-season games and probably need to win the conference tournament to get an NCAA tournament, but two more wins might put them back in the conversation.

The 12th-seeded Beavers lost their 18th straight game and finish with a 3-28 record, the most losses and worst winning percentage (.097) in school history, one year after winning the Pac-12 tournament and reaching the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

Jarod Lucas had 22 points on just 10 shots for the Beavers.

Thursday matchup: No. 5 seed Oregon vs. No. 4 seed Colorado, 2:30 p.m.

The teams split their two regular-season games. Colorado won at Oregon 82-78 on Jan. 25, and Oregon won at Colorado 66-51 on March 3

Washington State 66, Cal 59

The Cougars (19-13) won their fourth straight game to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Efe Abogidi collected 19 points to lead Washington State, which played without Mouhamed Gueye, who was the Pac-12 freshman of the week each of the final two weeks of the regular season but did not play Wednesday because of an ankle injury.

WSU won despite shooting just 7-for-27 from the field in the second half.

Jordan Shepherd scored 19 points on 6-for-17 shooting for Cal (12-20), which lost its third straight game and finished with 20 losses or more for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Cal guard Joel Brown, who will have knee surgery after the season, started the game but did not play in the second half.

Thursday matchup: No. 7 seed Washington State vs. No. 2 seed UCLA, 6 p.m.

WSU and UCLA met only once during the regular season, and the Bruins won that game 76-56 in Los Angeles on Feb. 17..

Washington 82, Utah 70

Terrell Brown Jr., the Pac-12's leading scorer, had 22 points, four rebounds, five assists, one steal and no turnovers to help Washington win their third straight game. Brown changed his shoes at halftime, and he scored 12 points in his lucky sneakers after intermission.

Washington had more steals (8) than turnovers (5). Only seven players played for Washington, which could be a factor if the Huskies advance deep into the tournament.

The Huskies got a boost off the bench from Cole Bajema, who had not scored more than four points in any of the previous six games but put up 16 points on Wednesday.

Marco Anthony had 18 points for Utah (11-20), who lost 20 games or more for the first time since 2011-12 and only the second time in school history.

Thursday matchup: No. 6 seed Washington vs. No. 3 seed USC, 8:30 p.m.

Washington and USC met only once during the regular season, and the Trojans won that game 79-69 on Feb. 17 in Los Angeles.

Cover photo of Stanford celebration by Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA TODY Sports

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